I reviewed The Power of Habit in regards to my life, but I enjoyed the book so much I am writing about it in regards to teaching. I know teachers…
Nonfiction Resources for High School
Looking for nonfiction resources for high school students can take time. Free or paid, finding nonfiction that will help you meet standards and interest students can be an endless search.…
Binder Organization for Students
Typically, I utilize binder organization for my teaching supplies. A few years ago, I began having students organize binders. Everyone benefited. I did my master’s research on organization and heartily…
The Teaching Profession and the Bozo Teacher
We’ll file this under “teaching profession” – a bit of football coach, a dash of Bozo Teacher. Television provides tweens and teens with an ample supply of Bozo Teacher examples.…
Teaching Character Arc
A character arc includes the changes and growth a character has throughout a story – written or on screen. When students struggle to understand this with literature, sometimes it helps…
Reviewing Basic Grammar
Reviewing basic grammar can be, well, boring. Even I think reviewing basic grammar is not jazzy fun – I enjoy diving into a sentence and seeing how to make it…
Teaching the Literary Term Theme
Teaching the literary term theme? Read on for some teaching ideas to implement with any novel or short story. My children are watching Disney’s “Frozen” as often as I will…
Literary Term: Antihero
Teaching the literary term ‘antihero’ is a favorite of mine. It’s everything that high school students love – weird, against the grain, out of the ordinary, tricky, and oftentimes, badly…
Teaching Grammar via Bloom’s Taxonomy
Teaching grammar naturally fits into everyday language arts lessons. The common core mandates that students study grammar. It may sound odd, but grammar is reinventing itself. If you are a teacher…
Henry David Thoreau Lesson Plan
Henry David Thoreau is a staple in American Literature curriculum. Taught during the transcendentalism time period, students analyze his writing and write about him. Other times they interpret what his…